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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. BARTON, OF BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE C.' HAMMOND, OF CENTRAL FALLS, R. I.

HEEL-BURNISHING TOOL."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,758, dated January 18, 1881.

A'pplication filed November 24, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, WILLIAM B. BARTON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Heel-Burnishing Tools, of which the following is a specification.

The Object of this invention is to enable the operator to grasp the. tool close to the burnisher, and thereby prevent undue fatigue of the wrist, and to prevent the heated burnisher from burning its wooden handle. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l i a side view of my improved heel-burnishing tool. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the guard-wings and burnisher-holder. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the burnisher.

The letter A designates the handle, to the end of which are secured the guard-wings B B and the burnisher-holder C, formed in One piece with a plate, D, which fits directly against the end of the handle. From the center of the top of this plate projects a shank, z5 E, which fits tightly in a socket in the handle,

and from the center of the under side of said l plate, between the guard-wings, there projects a lug, F, grooved ou one side to receive arib, g, on the lug or shank G, which projects from thertop of the burnisher H. The lugs F and G are provided with suitable transverse screwholes for the screw I, which holds them together.

The burnishing face of the burnisher is curved both llongitudinally and transversely, and is provided with transverse corrugations la, which act as separate burnishers, following` each other, each adding to the effect of the preceding one, and accomplishing more work 4o at one movement of the tool than would a plain or smooth face, and with less effort, as a smooth face slips easily over rough portions of the surface acted upon and requires greater pressure.

The top of the burnisher at the rear portion 4 5 lies between, but does not touch, the guardwings B B when it is secured to its holder, so that the operator can let the lower part of his hand rest on these wings in grasping the tool without experiencing any inconvenience from 5o heat.

The wings B B being separated at their flaring portions, the lug Or shank Oi' the burnisher is readily attached to its holder-the lug F. These wings, flaring forwardly and rearwardly respectively from the plate D, may have any desired curvature to properly separate them from the burnisher and prevent them from becoming heated thereby.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the handle provided with the wings B B, separated at their flaring portions, the burnisher-holder arranged between said wings, and the burnisher having its top detachably secured to said holder and separated from the wings by intervening spaces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. rIhe combination, with the handle, of the wings B B, holder or lug F, and plate D, 7o formed in one piece, and the burnisher H, provided with the lng Or shank G, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM RANDAL BARTON. Witnesses:

RICHMOND A. BARTON, WILLIAM E. BARTON. 

